Description

SD 27 SE
19/21

ALDINGHAM
SCALES
Village Hall (former Malt Kiln)

II
Village hall, originally malt kiln with ancillary buildings. Probably C19, but may incorporate earlier structures; later additions and alterations. Slobbered rubble with quoins, graduated slate roofs. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Village hall entered at first floor level up ramp on east elevation. West elevation retains a number of original openings. 4 segment-headed doors to left (Malt Kiln) end, blocked door and window to centre, blocked window and door to right. Central segment-headed loading door, now blocked to first floor with small window to right. Former cart shed adjoins east elevation.

Interior: Malt Kiln with twin furnace doors and ground floor circulatory passage survives relatively intact, and full height, in north end of building. Trough and pump survive on ground floor at south end. First floor (originally used for storage) is carried on massive, strapped, beams.

Listing NGR: SD2691572451

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620487

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